WCNK (98.7 FM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the

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. The station is currently owned by Robert Holladay, through licensee Florida Keys Media, LLC, and features programming from

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History

The station went on the air as WOZN on 1984-12-18. On 1996-08-23, the station changed its

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WBKW WBKW (1070 AM) is an alternative rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Beckley, West Virginia, serving Beckley and Oak Hill in West Virginia. WBKW is owned and operated by Southern Communications. History First signed on in Jan ...

, and on 1996-11-18, to the current WCNK. In August 2013, Gamma Broadcasting, LLC reached a deal to sell its Florida Keys stations (including WCNK) to Florida Keys Media, LLC (a company controlled by Robert H. Holladay). The sale of WCNK and sister station

WWUS WWUS (104.1 FM), known as "US-1 Radio", is a radio station in the Florida Keys, based in Big Pine Key, Florida. The station airs classic hits ( R&B, pop, and rock music from the mid-1950s through the early-1990s) as well as talk programming. W ...

, at a price of $475,000, was consummated on January 31, 2014.

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